I found out that JAP was not polite thing to say when I was very young. I used to watch a lot of Kung Fu movies and I vividly remember the Chinese and the Japanese hated each other. And the Chinese Kung Fu guys used to always say "Damn Japs". So when I see the word Jap, I would have to agree that it's totally disrespectful.
I'm from America and moved to Perth recently. I dont know if I was drunk or what but there is an actual place of business called Jap Import Parts or something like that. I was like What the hell! That's just wrong.
